Thro' Jesus' righteousness divine, 4. Ready our Saviour is indeed Which bright from faith to faith His glorious work in all to do: doth shine. To every one it must be said, 3. The promise of immortal bliss "Thou hadst been happy long ago, We have in Christ our righteous- Hadst thou in faith cast all thy (bought:

ness:

care

(prayer.' By death our righteousness he On Jesus Christ, who heareth Faith pleads that right, but buys

it not.

(blood;

4. True faith receives the offer'd
good,
And promise seal'd with Jesus'
Faith gives no title to the bliss,
But takes the Saviour's righteous-

ness.

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J. Gambold.

264. T. 14. MISTAKEN souls, that dream of heaven,

And make their empty boast Of inward joys and sins forgiv'n, While they are slaves to lust. 2. Vain are our fancies, airy flights, If faith be cold and dead: None but a living power unites To Christ, the living Head. Erskine. 3. 'Tis faith that changes all the (312.) 263. T. 106 or 90. heart, FROM life and grace, (this we are

5. In the Redeemer, as my Head,
The covenant is established:
In him the promises are Yea,
In him Amen, and not in me.

bold

Before an erring world to assert,)

'Tis faith that works by love, That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above.

Nothing one moment doth withhold 4. 'Tis faith that conquers earth A man, but his unwilling heart:

and hell,

In our dear Lord there's no delay, By a celestial power:

Fix'd is his will, and plain his way. This is the grace that shall prevail 2. Should any one of serious frame, In the decisive hour.

That long hath seem'd to seek his 5. True faith obeys its author's face, As well as trusts his grace: (will, His tedious tasks and trials name, A pardoning God is jealous still Preparatory steps of grace; For his own holiness. We say, "No, Christ requires them 6. When from the curse he sets us not, (wrought." He makes our nature clean; (free, And this fine web a false heart Nor would he send his Son to be 3. Should any think he's so hemn'd The minister of sin.

With sin, as to be past relief, (in 7. His Spirit purifies the heart, Alas, he knows not, that the sin And seals our peace with God; Which binds his soul, is unbelief: True holiness nought can impart If to the cross we lift our eye, But Jesus' cleansing blood.

Then sin and Satan soon must fly.

Watts,

THO' every child of God

Is a new creature, Yet do we feel the load

T. 37. (315.) 266.* T. 106 or 90.

Of sinful nature;
Which, if by faith we cleave

To Christ our Saviour,
Can, tho' it makes us grieve,

Condemn us never.
2. He's merciful and kind
Past all expression;
If we are but inclin'd

To make confession
Of all our sinfulness,

His great compassion Prompts him to grant us peace,

And consolation.

3. He grants us, for our tears,
His oil of gladness;
Delivers, heals, and cheers,
Dispels our sadness:
Yea, tho' our bodies die,

His resurrection
Proves, they shall certainly

Rise to perfection.

4. My portion is the Lord; I seek his favour,

And in his name and word

Confide for ever;
Nought in the world to me
Can yield such pleasure,
As to be found in thee,

O Christ, my Treasure.
5. Therefore I'll humbly cleave
To my Creator,
Who, that my soul might live,
Assum'd my nature;
Redeem'd me by his blood
And bitter passion:

Thanks to the Lamb of God
For my salvation.

NOW I have found the ground,

wherein (main; Sure my soul's anchor may reEv'n Christ, who to atone for sin Was as a spotless victim slain; Whose mercy shall unshaken stay, When heaven and earth are fled

away.

2. O Lord, thy everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasseth far;
Thy bosom yearns with tenderness,
Thy arms of love still open are,
Thy heart o'er sinners can't but
break,
(take.
Whether thy grace they slight or
3. God in man's death takes no
delight;
(tain
Each soul may grace and life ob-
In him, who left his glory bright,
Took flesh, and died, and rose
(berless
And now he knocks times num-
At our heart's door, and offers
grace.

again:

4. O Love, thou bottomless abyss,
My sins are swallow'd up in thee;
Cover'd is my unrighteousness,
From condemnation now I'm free;
Since Jesus' blood, thro' earth and
skies,

Mercy, free boundless mercy, cries.
5. By faith I plunge into this sea,
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when sin assails, I flee;
I look into my Saviour's breast:
Away, sad doubt and anxious fear,
Mercy is all that's written there.

6. Tho' waves and storms go o'er
my head,
(friends be gone;
Gregor. Tho' strength, and health, and

known,

Tho' joys be wither'd all and dead, 2. But since my Saviour I have
Tho' every comfort be withdrawn:
Steadfast on this my soul relies,
Jesus, thy mercy never dies.

away:

267.

(prove,

My rules are all reduc'd to one;
To keep my Lord by faith in view,
This strength supplies, and motives

too.

7. Fix'd on this ground will I remain, Tho' my heart fail and flesh decay; 3. I see him lead a suffering life, This anchor shall my soul sustain, Patient amidst reproach and strife; When earth's foundations melt And from his pattern courage take To bear and suffer for his sake. Mercy's full power I then shall 4. Upon the cross I see him bleed, Lov'd with an everlasting love. And by the sight from guilt am freed; J. Andr. Rothe. This sight destroys the life of sin, And quickens heavenly life within. T. 14. 5. To look to Jesus as he rose, Confirms my faith, disarms my foes; Satan I shame and overcome, By pointing to my Saviour's tomb. 6. Exalted on his glorious throne, I see him make my cause his own: Then all my anxious cares subside, For Jesus lives, and will provide. 7. I see him look with pity down, And hold in view the conqueror's (fore,

(316.)
HAIL, Alpha and Omega, hail,
Thou Author of our faith,
The Finisher of all our hopes,
The Truth, the Life, the Path.

2. Hail, First and Last, thou great
I AM,

In whom we live and move: Increase our little spark of faith, And fill our hearts with love.

3. O let that faith which thou hast taught,

Be treasur'd in our breast; The evidence of unseen joys,

The substance of our rest.

4. Then shall we go from strength to strength,

From grace to greater grace; From each degree of faith to more, Till we behold thy face.

Cennick.

T. 22.

BY various maxims, forms, and
rules,

That pass for wisdom in the schools,
I strove my passion to restrain;
But all my efforts prov'd in vain.

crown;

To leave for me thy heavenly
throne ?

Then let my heart be dedicated
To thee: fix there thy residence,
Till I shall be to heaven translated,
To see in joy thy countenance.
Cowper. 5. Lord, while my faith to thee as-
cendeth,
T. 184. O may thy grace descend to me:
Thou art my joy which never end-
eth,

Unto the soul that pants for thee;
Hear thou my humble supplication,
My God, be merciful to me :
I know thou art with pity filled
To sinners who thy mercy crave;
My pardon by thy blood is sealed,
I know 'twas shed my soul to save.
4. Jesus, above all else I'll love
In thee I will delight alone; (thee;|